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Since C's birthday is so close to Christmas (exactly 2 weeks before), he usually ends up with a good bit of money to spend.  And of course, it burns a hole in his pocket until he can spend it.  This year he also ended up with some iTunes gift cards/certificates.  He has been obsessed with trying to find something to spend it on.  He has bought a few games and one movie.  The movie took a good chunk of his money.  Now on to  his cash and Target gift card.

Friday night we decided to go out to eat (thanks to a gift card) at Olive Garden and then do some shopping. C had $65 cash and a $15 gift card, Daddy had $10 cash and a $25 gift card,  and I had $10 cash.  Something just doesn't seem right.  Oh well.

After dinner (which ended up only being $17 due to server error), we headed over to Target.  C took his time looking at video games and Legos and Nerf guns and back to Legos.  He wasn't exactly sure what he wanted.  He we carried a few things around for him to think about and then he saw it: a large Lego Avenger set that was $70.  It would take most of his money.  So he asked our opinions:  Daddy said "if it was him, he would rather get a few different things instead of one big thing."  I said "if it was me, this is your one opportunity to get a big set like this because you have all this money."  We came home with the big Lego set.

Daddy was also able to get a nice sweater for $9 (the tag said $14) and another shirt for $5.  I came home with some Christmas items for 70% to be used next year.  Again, something just doesn't seem right. Oh well.  I didn't have to cook.  And I brought left overs home for lunch next week.

PS: This is what is happening on my kitchen table today.

And this is the end result.